Schechter writes a convincing piece describing how the term 'Busheviks' came into such use. The complete article is linked in the subject title line listed above.
Joseph Stalin is Alive and Well and Living on Pennsylvania Avenue
By Danny Schechter, MediaChannel
New York, New York, September 21, 2006.
They have borrowed the techniques of their old enemies as Cheryl Seal wrote back in 2001:
“Joseph Stalin was successful in seizing and retaining power primarily because he was able to stack the Politburo with politicians as extreme as himself and to dictate their actions and their votes on every issue. Party dissenters were harassed mercilessly by the Politburo members who remained blindly loyal to Stalin. With a block of supporters who did not think for themselves, Stalin was able to completely reverse Russia's policy on a number of key issues, right across the board. For example, in 1936, he completely reversed the liberal communist doctrines pertaining to family, divorce, and abortion. He made divorce difficult, made abortion illegal, and stressed "family values" [do we see a 'dictator pattern' here?].
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